Block Script Block Script was created by John Schurman in December of 2003 as a means to immitate syllabic writing systems for English use. Each syllable has it’s own block, and all the sounds which make up the syllable fit into the block. However, because the English language uses many different combinations of consonants and…
Blissymbolics Origin Blissymbolics were developed by Charles K. Bliss (1897-1985). Bliss originally called his invention "Semantography" and intended for it to be used as a universal written language which would enable speakers of different languages to communicate with one another. Since 1971 Blissymbolics have been used mainly as a communication aid for people with communication,…
Blin (ብሊን) Blin is a Central Cushitic languages with about 70,000 speakers in and around the city of Keren in Eritrea. Blin is also known as Bilin, Bilen, Bogo, Bogos, Bilayn, Balen, Beleni, Belen, Bilein, Bileno and North Agaw. It is written with a version of the Ge’ez script developed by missionaries in the late…
Blackfoot Blackfoot, or Siksika is an Algonquian language with about 8,000 speakers in the US state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. The Blackfoot syllabary was devised by John William Tims (1857-1945), an Anglican missionary from England who spent 12 years from 1883 to 1895 among the Blackfoot people in the North-West Territories…
Bislama Bislama is an English based pidgin, related to the Solomon Islands Pijin and the Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin. It is a national language in the Republic of Vanuatu (Ripablik blong Vanuatu) and one of the three official languages of this country, along with English and French. The vast majority of Bislama words come…
Bikol/Bicol Bikol or Bicol is one of the Bikol languages, which are members of the Central Philippine group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Bikol is spoken by about 2.4 million people mainly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, and also on the islands of Catanaduanes,…
Bidebian Bidebian was devised by Oussamah Erradi, who lives in France but has Moroccan connections. While studying in Morocco, Oussamah rediscovered the elegance of Arabic letters and amused himself by using them to write notes in French. He wasn’t entirely satisfied with the results though, and eventually came up with Bidebian, a modified version of…
Bhojpuri (भोजपुरी) Bhojpuri is a Bihari language spoken mainly in India, and also in Nepal, Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius. In India Bhojpuri speakers can be found in western Bihar state, in the northwest of Jharkhand and in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri spoken in Suriname is know as Sarnami…
Betenic (Betená^iy) The Betenic alphabet was invented by TJ to write his conlang of the same name. Betenic is a language that exists in the invented world of Daynur. It is classified as Middle Ayvaric, from the Shakinaic branch. Notable features Type of writing system: abjad with diacritics for vowels Direction of writing: starts from…
Betamaze alphabet The Betamaze alphabet is the creation by Terrana Cliff, an American art student in California. It is designed to draw mazes, which Terrana has been interested in for a long time. Terrana would like to encourage other people to find new (perhaps more artful) ways to meet the simple demands of the concept.…
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